 Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Sayfa 178Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy tarafından - 1820Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | William Banks - 1823 - 462 sayfa
...verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours and the words move slow; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn and skims along the main." " Of Inversion. SOME languages in regard to the arrangement... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 sayfa
...verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw The line too. labours, and the words move slow: Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flics o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Hear how Timotheus' varied lays surprise,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 384 sayfa
...verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours and the words move slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours ihe plain, Flies o'er the' unbending corn, and skims along the main. From these lines, laboured with... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 398 sayfa
...verse should like the torrent roar: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main, Hear how Timotheus' vary'd lays surprize, And bid alternate passions fall and rise! 375 While at each... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 400 sayfa
...verse should like the torrent roar: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow: Not so, when swift...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main, Hear how Timotheus' vary'd lays surprize, And bid alternate passions fall and rise! 375 While at each... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sayfa
...verse should like the torrentroar. When Ajax strives, some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too de in parties, and begin th' attack ; Fans clap, silks...whalebones crack ; Heroes' and heroines' shouts confus'dl Hear how Timotheus' vary'd lays surprise, [main. And bid alternate passions fall and rise ! While,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 454 sayfa
...verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flieso'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main. From these lines, laboured with great attention,... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 sayfa
...verse should like a torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line, too, labours, and the words move slow ; Not so when swift...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.— Pop* 20. Good name; in man and woman Is the immediate jewel of their souls. Who steals my purse, steals... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 538 sayfa
...verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so when swift...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main. From these lines, laboured with great attention, and celebrated by a rival wit, may be judged what... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 270 sayfa
...rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow. Sanft and easy motion. Not so when swift .Camilla scours the plain, Flies...o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main. * Sensual pleasure. „ Felling trees in a wood. Loud sounds the axe, redoubling strokes on strokes... | |
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